Forge



Sept. 15, 1925.

w. H. WINEMAN FORGE Filed Oct. 29, 1 921 Patented Sept. 15, 1925.

w res or: chi-(SAG A oonronhrion orMASSACHUSETTS? Forlorn.

a citizen of the United States residingi at 5 Illinois,'have inventedicertain'znesvand use-: ful Improvements vI*"o-rge"s-,:i'o-f which the following 'is a" full,1;clear; :and -exaet sp ecili cationz 1 t 1 1 1 Myxinventionrrelates tosforgessj 1 t It has for its objecttof'flprovider an im-1 proved forge and; more-especiallyto pl'ro vlde; antimproved' forge; orz'furnace fadapted to heat ;drill-tsteel's orirsimilar: sinallarticles and :vvherein the 'fuehconsumption is; materially. reduced at the 1 same itixne? that E the efficiency. or the furnace: is 5 maintained '1 atethe desired high standard; These: and aOtl'IQI'jZldi vantages 5 of tiny"improved-;construction :will, 1

Fig; 3 is a view similarvto Fig-L-Q showing 30 the parts adapted forheatingdiflerent arti- Figrfl is a-"simi'larvviewofia ifurt-hermodified :constructionf'; r

In the illustrative ifor shown'ini'Figsitl Jand 2,1it- Twillbe' noted that I have showna furnace offt'he gas -.0-1-'-;oi1 type f adapted :to be supplied with la suitable. mixture of oil or gas through a vaporizer or 1 burner 11 connected to-suitablefsource of 40. supply Q' and '3' and tcont'rolledxby a suitable valves-4; the vaporizer or burner-delivering into' a 'furnace- I body 5 carried on; suitable sup'p'orts 6;." 1 1 1 1 1 1 In dny improved *construc'tlon 11 provide a 45' short z longitu'clinally disppsed; combustion chamber 7 aElined With and I'BCBlVlIig-Kth'G' products offcombustifon from"; the vaporizer; :1

or burner l iandgdirctingvthecsame upv'vard through ainarrom passage-. 18 herein. Qdfgthe 1 same" length as thewchamber;17sand1 1formed 1 Herein, the Work is also supported on the bricks -91 with by overhanging-fire brick, 9;.-

theportionsthereof 'to be. heated); overha-n g-: ingctheedges odf thezibrickdnathe path of the hich my'zinveritiommayassume Figzis longitudinal:sectional viewf 0f 3 of ;niyinvention? 1 maximum temperature; but that, the same products aof cornbustion'but 'preferablyrwith its-"extremities;outofcontactfvvithztheqbacln "i LPT NDT Z rema e iri ii i 'i i m fii fi z" Wall of the; passage. 1 In my improved; con- I 1 i struction', theproducts' bf combustion after ChiCag -inwthez'countyoflcook and State of acting: upon theends otfthe' Work supported versely longitudinally in an enlarged cha-rn- 1 her 10'Which is disposed parallel to thechamher? and extends backward over the burner;

l and toward theopposit'e end of the furnace 1-- bodyj5 to 'a'su-itable, herein upstanding-flue;

or chimney 11; It Will'here also'be noted that; the'heated gases in their passagethrou-gh this chamber action other articles to be heat -1- ed supported on i fire brick 12, corresponding to the bricks 9 but disposed at azhigher level than the fire brick '9,"the"articles1to be heated;' j

similarly overhanging:- the edge of the:l'iriek"; L i

soatha't the'heated gases; havet'access, to the 1 fullsu'r'faces desiredto'beheatedn 1 1 a As 1-a result of 1 my improved construction;

be noted that the fuel,consumption iswre;

751 utilizing a small combustion hhamberyit will 1 duced', the reduction in fuel consumptionl varying substantially in proportion to the;-

sizeolfnthe-chamber. It will further 'fbeevi dent that the: heat; generated in this cha'm v ber; will ;act fdirectlyuponwthe work resting;

be heated are. disposed 'directlyvi rltl'ie path 1 of the products ofcombustion as "theydpasjs 1 upxoutof the chamber 7 At the same time,-

on the fire brick,9,= the portions o fzwhich to;-

it 'Will be noted that noton-ly is theyheat I utilized to-bring; the group: of; objects-to be heated resting'zon' the brick- 9,- to the desired products 5 of combustion acting )upon these: articles isutiliZed thereafter to bringthe; articles; 'resti11g on. the -fire, bric k' -12 to'f'a very high temperature but slightly lessthan the temperature'of the first mentioned group;

nace; vand especially when the chamber-10 relatively longer than "shown the articles to over those brick-- and ,over; -the brick? 9 as; the;

of'ar'ticles} In the use ofmy improvedrfup j beheated-maybe placedon; the brick l2 at the right hand end; and moved progressively; 1o0'1,1

articles at lthef left hand-end ot' the; latter bricks are removed from the fur nace At}.

tention is-also directecltothe fact -th-at 1 my improved construction due to the trans 105" verse. path of movement of I the gases,;1espe=1;

cially} from the-.- chamber 7, difliculty avithll unnecessary and objectionable; heating of;

the portions of the Workto-be handled ismin-imized.

In the form of my invention shown in Fig. 3, it will be noted that the same disposition of the articles to be heated in different chambers and planes is utilized, but that the articles to be heated lie not only on fire brick 9, 12 but on cooperating fire brick 9, 12,

spaced apart from the bricks 9 and 12 and cooperating with the latter bricks to form work supports. By this construction it will be noted that it is possible to heat an intermediate portion of the articles to be heated without at the same time increasing the temperature of the extremity of the article to Fig. 4 illustrating a modified form of lllyl invention which may be used, if desired, it

will be noted-that advantage istaken of the reflected heat passing up out of a longitudinally disposed chamber 15, laterally adjustable projecting bricks 16 being provided over an upper chamber outlet 17 and having the function of reflecting the heat against the extremities of the work which rests on the bricks 18 and projects over into r the flue and under the bricks 16, the bricks 19 which support the bricks 16 also cooperating in obtaining this result.

WVhile I have in this application specifi cally described three forms which my invention may assume in practice, it will be understood that these forms of the same are shown for purposes of illustration and that the invention may be modified and embodied in various other forms without departing from its spirit or the scope of the appended claims. j

WVhat I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: I

1. In a forge, means forming a small combustion chamber having a restricted outlet and a larger communicating chamber, and means for supportingcertain of the articles to be heated over said outlet and other articles in said communicating chamber.

2. In a forge, means forming a plurality of communicating heating zones having provision for permitting free lateral transfer of work from'one zone to another.

3. In a forge, means forming a small heating zone and a communicating larger preheating zone having provision for permitting the free lateral transfer of work from one zone to another.

I. In a forge, means forming a combustion I openings.

chamber having an outlet and a laterally located communicating pre-heating portion and having provision for supporting the art1cles to be heated both insaid pre-heating portion and transversely over said outlet transversely of the path of the heated gases.

5. In a forge, means forming communicating heating and preheating zones each having an opening in its front permitting the free lateral transfer of a pluralitypf articles to be heated, and means for direct ing the flow of gases transversely across said 6. In a eating heating zones adapted to receive an ticles to be heated from the same direction and to permit free lateral transfer of articles between zones and having provision for pass-J ing the heated gases in a'direction'transverse to said direction. I a '7 "i 7. In a forge, means forming a; combusr. tion chamber having a restricted outlet and forge, means forminghcommunia communicating laterally located portion,

and means for supporting certain of the..ar-.

ticles to be heated over said outlet and other articles in said communicating portion.

8. In a forge, means forming a combustion. chamber havlng 'a laterally elongated outlet and a communicating laterally located portion, and means for supporting certain .of the articles to be heated over said outlet and other articles in said communicating portion.

9. In a forge, means forming a. combustion chamber having an outlet and a'communicating chamber leading in the opposite direction from thedirection' in. which products of combustion are supplied to said combus tion chamber, and means for supporting articles to be heated over said outlet and in said communicatin chamber. V i l V 10. In a forge, means forming a combus tion. chamber having an upwardly disposed let and a communicating preheating chain her, and means for supporting certain of. the articles to be heated over said outletoutlet and a laterally located portion com com- I and transversely thereof and other articles in said'pre-heating chamber with only an intermediate portion of said articles in thepath of the productsof combustion.

12. In a forge, means forming acombus I tion chamberhaving an outlet and a communicating pre-heating chamber, and means for support ng certain articlesto be heated transversely over said outlet with anintermediate portion thereofin the path of the r 7 products ofcombustion and other articles to be heated in said communicating chamber.

13. In a forge, means forming a combustion chamber having an elongated outlet and a communicating pre-heating chamber, means for supporting an article to be heated over said outlet and transversely thereof, and horizontallydisposed laterally adjustable means reflecting heat on said article including a reflecting element disposed above the extremity thereof.

14. In a forge, means forminga combustion chamber having an outlet and a communicating chamber, means for supporting certain of the articles to be heated over said outlet and other articles in said communicating chamber, and means for reflecting heat upon certain articles including a reflecting element disposed above the extremities thereof. a

15. In a forge, means forming a combustion chamber having a narrow longitudinally disposed upper outlet and a communicating chamber disposed in the same direction as said outletand overhanging one end of said combustion, chamber a burner opening into said combustion chamber and disposed beneath said communicating chamber, and means for supporting articles to be heated over said outlet and in said communicating chamber.

16. In a forge, means forming communicating heating and pre-heating zones disposed in different vertically disposed horizontal planes, and means permitting free lateral transfer of Work from said pre-heating zone to said heating zone.

17. In a forge, a combustion chamber and a laterally projecting pre-heating portion, a burner discharging laterally of saidcombustion chamber and means permitting the free transfer of Work from said preheating portion to said first mentioned chamber.

18. In a forge, a combustion chamber having a burner discharging therein, and a preheating chamber projecting in a direction opposite from the burner discharge, and

means permitting free lateral transfer of Work from said pre-heating chamber to said chamber in the direction of the burner discharge.

19. In a forge, a combustion chamber having work supporting portions disposed in different vertically disposed horizontal planes, and means permitting free lateral transfer of work from one supporting portion to another.

20. In a forge, a horizontally disposed combustion chamber provided with a reduced pre-heating chamber and a flue communicating therewith, a burner discharging into said first mentioned chamber, and means permitting the free transfer of Work from a point adjacent said flue in the direction of the burner discharge. r

21. In a forge, means forming a combustion chamber having an elongated outlet, means for supporting an article to be heated over said outlet and transversely thereof, and means for reflecting heat longitudinally and downwardly on said article including an adjustable reflecting element disposed above the portion to be heated. r

22. In a forge, means forming a plurality of communicating heating chambers and in cluding a flue, said chambers having a provision for permitting free lateral transfer of Work from. one chamber to another in a direction away from said flue.

23. In a forge, means forming communicating heating and pre-heating zones disposed in different vertically disposed horizontal planes and adapted to receive the,

articles to be heated in the same direction, and means permitting transfer of work from said pre-heating zone to said heating zone.

24. In a forge, means forming a combustion chamber having an elongated outlet and a communicating pre-heating chamber, means for supporting an article to be heated over said outlet and transversely thereof, and means reflecting heat on said article including a reflecting element disposed above the extremity thereof.

25. In a forge, means forming a combustion chamber having a laterally elongated outlet and a communicating laterally located pre-heati'ng portion, and means for supporting articles to be heated over said outlet and in said communicating pre-heating portion.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

WADE n. WINEMAN. 

